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Thursday, February 12, 2004

WaPo:  Bush plans to back marriage amendment

Nut grafs (in various senses of the term):

Many conservative Christian groups have pushed for wording that would ban civil unions as well as same-sex marriage, and a few held out hope yesterday that Bush still might embrace their position. “Let’s do it right and also ban phony marriage that is called something else,” said Jan LaRue, general counsel of Concerned Women for America.

Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, said conservative Christian groups will continue to oppose civil unions at the state level. “I think civil unions are a problem, but I don’t think you fight both of those battles at the same time on the federal level,” he said.

For months, conservative Christian leaders have complained about Bush’s hesitation to flatly endorse a constitutional amendment on marriage.

“I think from the beginning the White House felt that there was a sense of timing in this and they needed the right set of events, which they got with the Massachusetts court decisions,” said Paul M. Weyrich, chairman of the Free Congress Foundation.

You know, I’m old enough to remember when these people complained night and day about how gay promiscuity was rending our moral fabric-- and, not coincidentally, bringing down God’s wrath in the form of a plague.

Seems like the only things the “Christian” wingnuts (and their allies, like Weyrich) hate more than promiscuous gays and lesbians are monogamous gays and lesbians.

Full story is here.

Posted by Michael on 02/12 at 03:54 AM
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